AMD Ryzen 3 1200 vs Intel Core i7-3720QM

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-3720QM

Price

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$ 79.99

$ 19.96 slightly less expensive

$ 99.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2292 points

8% slightly better overall score

2112 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4208 points

20% slightly better gaming score

3499 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1753 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

1701 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1683 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

1632 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

40.96 points

42.68 points

4% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2796 points

37% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2033 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

941 points

56% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

602 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2849 points

44% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1978 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

996 points

69% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

586 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz

19% slightly higher clock speed

2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz

3.6 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

45 W

44% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

663rd of 1,092

705th of 1,092

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July

2012 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 3 1200 vs Core i7-3720QM specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-3720QM beats the Ryzen 3 1200 in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 1200 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-3720QM has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 3 1200 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3720QM. Despite this, the Core i7-3720QM has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-3720QM outputs less heat than Ryzen 3 1200 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Ryzen 3 1200 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.